What invention made the production of cotton quicker and more profitable for plantation owners?
Cotton Gin
100
Songs sung by slaves to express religious beliefs & make work easier were called what?
Spirituals
100
This white abolitionist and doctor was born in Philadelphia and founded one of the first anti-slavery groups in our country's history. Also has a school named after him in the city of Philadelphia
Benjamin Rush
100
What was the name of the man who wrote about his times being enslaved after being kidnapped. Later turned into the movie "12 Years a Slave"
Solomon Northup
100
Free Blacks living in the United States had more right in which part of the country, the north or the south?
North
200
These temporary laborers were used before slaves and were free once their contracts expired.
Indentured Servants.
200
Name at least 3 cash crops grown in the South
Cotton, tobacco, rice, indigo, sugarcane
200
African American slave who joined Lewis & Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He was an expert fisherman and hunter. Gained his freedom 10 years after the expedition. What was his name?
York
200
This slave was a preacher in Viriginia. He traveled to different plantations preaching obedience to slaves. Eventually, he has a change of heart, kills his slaves owners and leads a revolt that will last weeks, taking the lives of 60 white slave owners. What was his name?
Nat Turner
200
What was cotton referred to as throughout the South?
King Cotton
300
The Atlantic slave trade was abolished in 1804. However, the sale and transportation of slaves within the US continued. What was this type of slave trade called?
Domestic slave trade
300
Name at least one song that was sung by slaves working on the fields that we discussed in class.
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Amazing Grade
Wade on the Water
300
African American former slave who established a pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains and later become chief of the Crow Indian tribe, changing his name to Morning Star.
James Beckwourth
300
This African American slave was born in Jamaica. She was later sold to Americans in New England where she learned to read. She was the first African American women to have her poetry published. What was her name?
Phyllis Wheatley
300
In the movie "12 Years a Slave", how did the protagonist finally gain his freedom?
Mr. Bass wrote a letter to his friends in the North explaining his situation.
400
Process of freeing a slave from bondage is called what?
Emancipation
400
This time period in the South before the Civil War was called what?
Antebellum
400
This man was a runaway slave living in Boston, was the first colonist to die in the Boston Masscare. What was his name?
Crispus Attacks
400
This slave was a blacksmith in Virginia. He devised a plan to start a slave revolt. Recruited other slaves to his cause before getting arrested and later executed. What was his name?
Gabriel Prosser
400
This African American spy for the colonists during the Revolutionary War
James Armistead
500
Explain the 3/5 Compromise in the U.S. Constitution.
Slaves would count as 3/5 a person to the total population of a state
500
Describe one way slaves were treated on plantations.
Describe one way slaves were treated on small farms.
Plantation: Longer hours, more harsh treatment, no freedoms
Small farms: More like family, better treatment, worked alongside farmers
500
African American who was a former slave, gained his freedom by earning money repairing cotton gins. Later went on to purchase 68 slaves and treated them harshly.
William Ellison
500
This African American scientist was the first to publish an almanac in which he correctly predicted an eclipse. He also helped to survey the land that would become the capital in Washington, DC
Benjamin Banneker
500
This free African American minister and writer who was born in Philadelphia. He started the first American Method Episcopal (AME) church.